"There are always some hypocrites who wish to undermine Islam in a bid to serve their own worldly interests such as keeping themselves in power; in fact, Islam or infidelity are the same to these hypocrites, however, the vast majority of Muslims in the world do not hold such beliefs and truly support dignity of Islam," said a senior Iranian cleric.

Chairmen of the World Forum for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought made some remarks regarding the issue of resistance and said, "In addition to being a religious choice, resistance is a rational decision, it's logically justified that we choose resistance,"